First time hearing Rainbow “Stargazer” Reaction | Asia and BJ

[@davidkinnaird8390]

Rainbow was formed by Deep Purple's guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Ronnie James Dio is singing. Cozy Powell on drums. Rainbow was a truly remarkable band filled with extraordinary musicians.

[@neillenet291]

This version of Rainbow was definitely the best lineup.

[@markwilliams6394]

R.I.P. Cozy Powell.

[@ctguitarguy8510]

You can still here ritchie do symphonic rock with his renfaire band blackmores night

[@RushfanUK]

@@ctguitarguy8510 He's being playing live as Rainbow for the last 3 years, back to rock music.

[@cosmicdredd4911]

If I'm ever asked to define western civilisation..... this is one of my go to's

[@britishrose9417]

"I've never heard of Rainbow before" - my heart weeps for a generation

[@tomkirkemo5241]

Mine too!!!!

[@aknightthatsaysnee5259]

Lol, yes!

[@ildaruk8293]

Never heard of Rainbow?! Whoever is their guitarist (or bassist, or vocalist, or drummer?!)?! I am speechless.

[@chrisel6939]

I was not even born when Rainbow had their tour with Dio and I heard them just from radio before many many years.Its crazy that the younger people now the don't know so many talented and GREAT groups when they having so much information with internet.I see garbage in the modern "music" scene and the diamonds was at the past .I wish to was teen at end of '60s to see Led Zeppelin and other groups to start their epic trip to music.

[@happyninja42]

Eh, I'm almost 48 and I had never really heard of Rainbow before. I knew of Dio, but he just wasn't really my musical vibe back then.

[@ronaldmillier9484]

Ronnie James Dio - lead vocals Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Tony Carey - keyboards Jimmy Bain - bass Cozy Powell - drums

[@williamweiss6128]

On Stage. .....great lineup, live.

[@RushfanUK]

Blackmore at the top Bonny Lad, Rainbow was his band and he paid all the bills.

[@inkoinfinity2]

@@RushfanUK and also drove most of em away

[@stege9979]

@@RushfanUK Only Blackmore and Carey are still alive also from this classic lineup.

[@MrCBTman]

@@RushfanUKDio at the top, always 🤘

[@jimiheys7864]

Ritchie Blackmore is is without a shadow of a doubt one of the all-time rock guitar legends.

[@garethlewis7780]

Yes -brilliant

[@ttrob93]

Top 5 albums I still listen to. 1. Rush: 2112 2. Rainbow: Long Live ROCK AND ROLL 3. Boston: Boston 4. Black Sabbath: Heaven and Hell 5. Dio: Holy Diver. These are probably my most listened to albums. I drop a needle into one or more of them almost weekly. Good music never gets old.

[@garethlewis7780]

Rush -no way

[@garethlewis7780]

Try Budgie Bandiliet

[@garethlewis7780]

Sorry try Budgie Bandolier

[@ildaruk8293]

Thanks for the tip re Rush. Will check out

[@robertoliguori2343]

Genesis - selling england by the pounds.... or foxtrot😁😍

[@MrTech226]

Asia & BJ You can't go wrong with Ronnie James Dio....he is one of the greatest vocalists of the Rock Era!

[@Apalis]

@Eirie Weather nope, still is one of the greatest.

[@tomkirkemo5241]

One of the smalest great men that ever lived!!

[@josephbarr1659]

Some would say the greatest vocalist in the history of heavy metal 🤘.

[@pwr27986]

Epic Song!!! Dio's vocals are on another level on this song!

[@andreascala2663]

Walhalla level to me

[@dbaker4669]

One of my favorite songs of all time. Ritchie Blackmore on guitar Ronnie James Dio on vocals and Cozy Powell on drums. Doesn't get any better than that.

[@jalkabre5904]

"Stargazer" features the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra at the end. Good catch and you are correct. The sound was building to the finale at the end where the orchestra added so much more punch.

[@MARSHOMEWORLD]

Far away one of Ronnie James Dio's most powerful vocal performances and this is years before he would go on to the recognition he was due as the singer for Black Sabbath and then his own band Dio. I love this era of Hard Rock that is bordering on Proto heavy metal... the imagery and the musicality is just through the roof and as you guys said it really paints a dramatic Epic story picture in your mind. Great stuff

[@gandalf679]

I love the "Proto heavy metal" bit, it is spot on, I have always wondered where you'd place Rainbow, and the Proto Heavy Metal is perfect...thank you. Rock ON!

[@MARSHOMEWORLD]

@@gandalf679 cheers my friend, and horns up.

[@archibaldsalyards926]

The horns up symbol was an old Italian sign to ward off evil apirits. Ronnies grandma would use it when he waa a kid. But you probably already knew this!??

[@archibaldsalyards926]

It is called the MALOIK

[@MARSHOMEWORLD]

@@archibaldsalyards926 indeed. But a great origin story bears retelling. Cheers.

[@EdQuist1981]

The guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore, is one that will live on forever as well as the singer, Ronnie James DIO!!

[@delorangeade]

One of those occasions where the band went into the studio and got everything right. Martin Birch deserves huge credit for his production work on this.

[@Stefan-]

Yeah, Martin Birch was a legend that worked on so many epic albums.

[@elarsh24]

I can't help zeroing in on the guitar solo. Dio's vocals are always outstanding, but Blackmore is off-the-charts mesmerizing. 🎸💯🤘

[@MarkHodgettsWriter]

This was one of the first attempts at symphonic rock that actually worked. After the guitar solo, the Munich Philarmonic Orchestra picks up one of the main riffs and plays it over and over towards the end, you can hear some violins come across and play a counterpoint melody. When this was released, Punk was taking off and Rainbow were largely ignored by the music press and were left pretty much to the rusted-on Deep Purple fans who would follow Blackmore to the ends of the earth. Even so, this album was voted the best ever metal album in a poll run by Kerrang magazine almost a decade later. An incredible lineup of first-class musicians featuring Blackmore at the peak of his powers and a young hungry Ronnie Dio determined to make his mark. While the entire album is all killer no filler, I feel that the opening track, Tarot Woman and the closer a Light in the Black are equal to this

[@perignampua]

Actually, Dio was already the oldest and the one with the longest music career in the band. He began as a rockabilly in late 50s got through the 60s psychedelic untill finally turning hard rock/heavy metal in the 70s opening for Deep Purple with his band Elf before joining Rainbow. Maybe "young" in terms of music style, at the time.

[@vicprovost2561]

I saw that tour with Elf opening for Aerosmith and headliner Deep Purple in Hartford CT, what an incredible show! All 3 bands killed, all 3 vocalists showed us they where already great but bound for bigger things. Blackmore and Joe Perry had ripping solos, those were the days...

[@marksingo2177]

My first concert was Rainbow opening for Jethro Tull in 1976... Simply, out of this world!! Check out Man on the Silver Mountain...

[@sandorfintor]

That's one of the very greatest Hard Rock songs of all time. Play it over and over for the rest of your life. I promise you will never get tired of it. Because this music LIVES.

[@marksingo2177]

The amazing Cozy Powell on drums!

[@jonathanlocke6404]

I think this could be Blackmore's greatest recorded solo, unless it's "Burn"...Or "Highway Star"...O.K., they're all good...

[@BlueBarchetta67]

Plus Child In Time.

[@ponytrekker8996]

Child in time live from made in Japan is Blackmore’s best solo on album.

[@tomfabozzi6309]

I agree with you - I think this is the one, although the others you mention are also brilliant. "Gates of Babylon" is another amazing solo

[@toddstevens13]

I think this is the finest band solo he has ever been involved with. Without Dio and Cozy this would just be more Deep Purple type stuff, which is glorious, but this album is just at another level all together.

[@Tonysmithmusic]

or lazy

[@Stefan-]

I have listened to this song so many times through the decades and still now that i listened to it in this reaction today it literally gave me goosebumps which this song tends to do. This is a "perfect storm" type of song and performance and also band lineup and the sound of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra is the icing on the cake.

[@nicoladolby2154]

Glad you really enjoyed this. the reason for the tone of the song is that it's performed using Arabic scales. As for the guitar player and bandleader, Ritchie Blackmore, for me he's one of the best guitar players ever. Certainly Rainbow are the best Neo-classical rock band ever. You'd love songs like Eyes Of The World, Gates Of Babylon, Eyes Of Fire, Catch The Rainbow. To give you an idea of Ritchie's guitar playing, watch a video of Rainbow performing Beethoven's 9th (called Difficult To Cure for some reason) in Japan in 1984. It's on KZbin!

[@Wrathnar_the_Unreasonable]

Blackmore is using the Phrygian dominant scale (aka the Spanish Gypsy scale) which is the Phrygian mode with a major 3rd instead of a minor 3rd.

[@sergiodavila5269]

First Krokus, now Rainbow?!?!! Y’all outdid yourselves today!!!! You can’t go wrong with Tony Carey on Keyboards, Jimmy Bain on Bass, Cozy Powell(RIP) on drums, DIO on vox & Richie Blackmore on guitars…such an epic song with soaring Dio vocals, that awesome drum intro by Cozy, & that epic exotic Arabic sounding solo by Blackmore…such an exciting song 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@grizzlynad]

I thrashed the crap out of my cassette tapes listening to this in my youth -- awesome album! It's written from the perspective of someone who worshipped a wizard, taking part in building a tower for the wizard to fly from. But of course the wizard falls to his death, confirming that all their efforts were pointless, but the sight of a rainbow rising gives him some hope.

[@bostonvair]

It seemed every Rainbow album had one song that was the dramatic centerpiece of the album. The song was usually longer, with high production values and intense. This song is a masterpiece of that phenomenon. Rainbow also featured several different vocalists, and most people would agree that Ronnie James Dio was the most awesome of the bunch (though the others deserve some credit also). The last album they recorded with Dio was called "Long Live Rock and Roll and the "intense" song from that album was called "Gates of Babylon" which is another worth reacting to. The next vocalist was Graham Bonnet and the album "Down to Earth" had the song "Eyes of the World" which was that song on that album and another great song to react to. The next vocalist was Joe Lynn Turner. Now I don't have every Rainbow Album, but I do have the "Straight Between the Eyes" album, featuring Joe Lynn Turner on Vocals, and the IT song on that album was "Tearin' out My Heart" As others have pointed out, the guitarist was Richie Blackmore on all the albume (that I'm aware of) as Rainbow was really Blackmore's baby. Richie Blackmore was the guitarist of the band Deep Purple, who brought is such masterpieces as "Smoke on the Water." THere are other reaction-worthy songs besides these, I just wanted to point out the big-production, intense songs on each album. Other great songs to react to: The Man on the Silver Mountain (Dio) Long Live Rock and Roll (Dio) Since You Been Gone (Bonnet) (probably Rainbow's most commercially successful song)

[@bornwithoutprivilege2050]

Rock and classical music are close cousins. They share many elements. Ronnie James Dio, the singer is as good as any opera singer and is one of the greatest rock voices ever. I saw Rainbow twice when I was in my teens. They were one of the best rock bands. Richie Blackmore, who used to play for Deep Purple is a guitar god!

[@acraig7785]

Takes me back to 1976 listening to this through my bedroom wall. My older brother played it to death. I had wait till he went out to play this along with his Purple,Led Zep albums. 11 years old wished I was back there now. Blackmore is still me guitar hero.

[@chaoticneutral3487]

This is an epic song for sure. Dio's vocal performance on this song is stellar, 10/10.

[@jalkabre5904]

Rainbow is one of my all time top groups with such great talent .... Ritchie Blackmore (guitarist - formally of Deep Purple), Ronnie James Dio (in the future Black Sabbath after Ozzy, and his own band Dio), Cozy Powell (such a great drummer with a ton of bands), Jimmy Bain (on bass) and Tony Carey ( on keyboard). They were something special, Stargazer being their epic classic. Suggest "Man on the Silver Mountain, Catch the Rainbow, Gates of Babylon, Temple of the King, Long Live Rock n Roll, Kill the King, The Shed, Light in the Black, 16th Century Greensleeves and a bunch more with other great singers. However the Ronnie years were something special.

[@radman8321]

You should also check out "A light in the black" which is part two of this story. Biblical was fairly close to the money, it's about people devoting themselves to leaders, in this case the wizard, who turn out not to be what they say they are. The people build a tower for the wizard, at a huge cost in lives, so that the wizard can fly, when he falls and there is blood on the sand, the spell he holds them under breaks and they see a rainbow rising and decide to go home.

[@blitztim6416]

Dio was in a group called ELF. They toured toured with Deep Purple. Later Dio left ELF, Blackmore left Deep Purple and formed Rainbow with Dio as his vocalist.

[@CadElectri]

Correct, but not quite :-) The first Rainbow album(Blackmores Rainbow) was actually recorded while Blackmore still was an official member of DP. Rainbow at that point was basically Dio's band ELF. Minus the guitarist(Steve Edwards) of course. Their first album is said to be Dio's favourite album from Rainbow, but personally I lean heavily on Rising to be the best.

[@warrenbridges1891]

@@CadElectri Yep. Ritchie hated the idea that he was basically guitarist for Elf, so he sacked them all except for Ronnie.

[@fccrick]

Rainbow has Four very different eras, this would be the first with Dio as the Lead singer, Light in the Black, Gates of Babylon, Man on the Silver Mountain, Self Portrait, Temple of the King...Graham Bonnet on Lead singer, Making Love, All Night Long, Since you've Been Gone, Loves no Friend....Joe Lynne Turner on lead, Stone Cold, Can't happen, Death Alley Rider, Street of Dreams, I Surrender....Doogie White Hunting Humans, Hall of the Mountain King, Ariel, Black Masquerade. All good just very different Dio=Metal, heavy, Graham bonnet and Joe Lynne Turner more Pop oriented and Doogie kind of a mix and the end of Rainbow

[@jalkabre5904]

Agree 100%

[@metalmark1214]

Ronnie James Dio R.I.P. , Born Ronnie James Padavona, one of the best rock/metal vocalists ever. First Elf, then Rainbow, then Black Sabbath, then his own band.

[@metalmark1214]

@@utubnagain Yeah, I didn't bother to go back that far. The Red caps changed their name to The Prophets then before the Red Caps it started as The Vegas Kings then changed their name to Ronnie and the Rumblers, then Ronnie and The Redcaps. From what I've read at least.

[@burntwelkin6570]

The recording features the Munich Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eberhard Schoener.

[@barriehull7076]

Narrative from Wikipedia. Lead Guitar Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. He is prolific in creating guitar riffs and classically influenced solos. As a member of Deep Purple, Blackmore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016. While at school, Blackmore participated in sports including the javelin.[citation needed] He left school at age 15 and started work as an apprentice radio mechanic at nearby Heathrow Airport. He took electric guitar lessons from session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan. In his soloing, Blackmore combines blues scales and phrasing with dominant minor scales and ideas from European classical music. While playing he would often put the pick in his mouth, playing with his fingers. He occasionally uses the diatonic scale, with rapidly changing tonality. Blackmore credits fellow guitarist Eric Clapton's music with helping him develop his own style of vibrato around 1968 or 1969. In May 1964, Blackmore married Margit Volkmar (b. 1945) from Germany. They lived in Hamburg during the late 1960s. Following their divorce, Blackmore married Bärbel, a former dancer from Germany, in September 1969 until their divorce in early 1970s. As a result, he is a fluent German speaker. Blackmore has been an influence on guitarists such as Randy Rhoads, Brian May, and Yngwie Malmsteen.

[@scotttracey8109]

So classic. Do you guys even realize that he wasn't even 5 ft tall. The power in his voice. Love watching you both just rock.

[@jonathanlocke6404]

This is the same guitarist that did the riff you liked on "Burn"...

[@SuperB1741]

It's interesting Asia said she thought the lead vocalist was Ozzy. The lead singer here, Ronnie James Dio, took Ozzy's place in Black Sabbath and then the same band called Heaven and Hell. The Dio era of Black Sabbath is just as interesting to me as the Ozzy era especially the Album called Heaven and Hell. Ozzy turned me on to early metal but dig me some Dio as well!

[@johannesaxeman4508]

Born in 75, this was 76. My mother played this when i was groing up ( r.i.p.) and it's STILL one of the best songs/albums ever released. Thanx!

[@Mysterious_Grimpond]

My favorite drummer and my favorite Rainbow song of all time!!! Thanks!

[@matthewpolter8959]

Gates of Babylon and Kill the King are two great Rainbow songs.

[@philipibaugh2925]

I just discovered Rainbow a few months ago, I've always known Dio and been aware of Ritchie blackmore. The emotions of all the players come through but Ronnie's vocals give me chills and shed tears almost every time I hear it. It's a outstanding piece of music and unfortunately nobody will ever do it like this again. They should have been huge with songs like Terot Women and even black sheep of family should have been #1 hits and made them household names like Zeppelin. Great video you should do a Uriah heep song next video you will be surprised with their sound I think and it's earlier than Rainbow by a few years.

[@erikthompson619]

Rainbow is the second most famous of the many bands branching off the family tree of the legendary Deep Purple. (The most famous by far is Whitesnake, formed and led to this day by former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale.) Rainbow was formed in 1975 by guitarist, band leader and only everpresent member Ritchie Blackmore, coinciding with him leaving Deep Purple for the first time. Of Rainbow's many lineups, this one, responsible for the groundbreaking "Rising" album of 1976, is generally regarded as the best. Blackmore himself is recognized as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Following Rainbow's demise in 1984, he took part in Deep Purple's reunion but left them again, permanently, nine years later, after which he has reformed Rainbow on two occasions but mostly been occupied with his folk rock project Blackmore's Night. As for the other members, singer Ronnie James Dio, arguably the most celebrated heavy metal singer ever, moved on from Rainbow to Black Sabbath (three times, including one under the monicker Heaven And Hell) and his own band Dio - another hugely popular and influential heavy metal act. He died of cancer in 2010. Bassist Jimmy Bain joined him in Dio for their most classic releases and, sadly, also died of cancer in 2016. Keyboard player Tony Carey moved to Germany where he to this day enjoys a prolific and immensely successful solo career. Drummer Cozy Powell went on to play with virtually everybody who was anybody on the classic metal scene, including Whitesnake, Michael Schenker Group, Black Sabbath, Gary Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen and Brian May (of Queen fame). He died very prematurely in a car crash in 1998.

[@timroberts4181]

Ritchie Blackmore: ' we are not worthy! ' 😎👊🎸🇬🇧 We all bow to the shrine of Ritchie... 🙇‍♂️ One of the very cream of the crop, from whatever period you want to compare him to, of that there is no doubt.. PERIOD.. Keep up the good work.. Tim Leicester UK ps.. Be rude of me not to mention Dio, Cozy, and Carey..... When things click they really click... 😘👌

[@stellamorgan482]

This brings back memories. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow was one of the bands I would hear coming from my brothers room while growing up! My favorite from Rainbow is "Catch the Rainbow". Y'all should check that one out!

[@heinruh9788]

Yes!!!!!!

[@mattjumper4343]

Ritchie Blackmore, ex Deep Purple founder and guitarist, one of the top 5 guitarists of all time. Very mercurial figure but gifted beyond belief. I think you guys have heard some of the Deep Purple songs like Highway Star and Child in Time. Listen to Rainbow's Man on the Silver Mountain. Awesome.

[@snappysnoopy1482]

Ritchie Blackmore, best guitarist ever!!

[@EricSands777]

So glad you chose this song. This version of Rainbow was legendary, uniquely creative and the last of the epic arena rock bands. I saw this live in the 70's and they were larger than life.

[@Stefnmaddy]

I love that you can see immediately when Asia recognizes his exceptional voice. Much respect for both of you i so enjoy your reactions

[@dreggymon]

haha, I love it. 'Whoever is playing the guitar here...." oh - that's just Ritchie Blackmore!!! He played a few songs in his time!

[@richardholmes3653]

Rainbow were one of the biggest rock bands in the 70s and 80s founded by Deep Purple guitarist Richie Blackmore . EPIC 🇬🇧🤘

[@teamdata]

Greatest rock album ever made. So influential on so many genres to follow it.

[@kevindavis7620]

Dio was the vocalist and Ritchie Blackmore was playing guitar.

[@joeyrogers7017]

As a kid growing up in the 80s my dad constantly crammed Rainbow/Dio/Black Sabbath into my head! I have RJD song quotes tatted on my arms. Ronnie James Padavona is one of my idols. I live everything y'all do and this is probably my favorite song of all time. It got me through a lot of hard times as did all Ronnie James songs like Sacred Heart, Children Of The Sea, Sign Of The Southern Cross, Heaven & Hell, etc.

[@619DioFan]

Such a perfect album , the legend Ronnie James Dio on vocals " I see a rainbow rising " hearing this song live is a religious experience. make sure to listen to " gates of babylon " and " Man on a silver mountain "

[@chellj8175]

Man On A Silver Mountain 👍👍👍

[@CadElectri]

But first, A light in The Black. The continuation of Stargazer. Almost just as epic in the sound and storytelling.

[@MySundin13]

The guitarist for Rainbow is Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple

[@shepherdkelley4156]

You did Stargazer now you need to do A Light in the Black. It’s a continuation of Stargazer🤘🤘🤘

[@karenlazenby6440]

And that's Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple on guitar. Dio was in a band 'Elf' who opened for Deep Purple, Ritchie loved Dios voice, created the band Rainbow with Dio.

[@SargNickFury]

This is one of the greatest Rock/Metal Anthems in history, sung by the power Metal Space Elf himself DIO!!!. \m/ Ritchie Blackmore the guitarist is Metal Royalty, as is DIO on vocals these guys influenced the entire scene. Rainbow is one of the most influential groups of the earliest Heavy ROCK/Metal sound.

[@fauii4222]

I love you both as music reactors. You listen intently through the entire song, reserving your comments for later, and yet I can tell you're really enjoying and vibing to the song. Other reactors to this just kept on yakking nonsense throughout that awesome centerpiece guitar solo by Ritchie Blackmore. The talent in Rainbow is mind-blowing, but would you believe I discovered this band when I was already in my forties? Anyway, new sub here from the Philippines, I hope you also react to Gates of Babylon-- another masterpiece from Rainbow.

[@lawrencelike6125]

Asia, "Who is the guitarist"? That is your Smoke on the Water" man. The master of the Stratocaster, Ritchie Blackmore. Ritchie knows talent. His front men: Ian Gillan, David Coverdale, Ronnie James Dio, Graham Bonnet, Joe Lynn Turner and Ronnie Romero. 🙋‍♂️❤️

[@jalkabre5904]

and Doogie White and Rod Evans

[@zdenkonouzovsky6947]

Yeah I love Ronnie he is a top 3 singer for me but with Rainbow there is only one name that is the essence of the band and that is Ritchie Blackmore. When he was on, no one could touch him. Absolute genius.

[@a.avcier8277]

Master Ritchie created Medieval Rock. You are spot on about nobody can come even close to him to his musicianship. Each of his riffs and solos are statement from Medieval times. obviously he hired and fired musicians serving his purpose..only he could get away with anything

[@larrydavis3270]

Guys lead singer is Ronnie James (Dio). You've reacted to Dio before. Guitarist is Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple, who you've also reacted to in the past.

[@jeffsmith5494]

The guitar solo has a Middle Eastern feel to it. Also Dio’s first big break

[@vpr2528]

You really should listen Rainbow's A Light in the Black. This songs story continues in that song.

[@DocFranke]

Loyd Weber wrote JC Superstar because of this song. I believe a member of the band even assisted.

[@johnfoster5295]

If you've ever done any Deep Purple, that is Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore who formed Rainbow after leaving Deep Purple. And the great Ronnie James Dio on vocals who later joined Black Sabbath, replacing Ozzy. Rainbow is a great band and this happens to be my favorite song of theirs, but they have a lot of great ones. I hope you do some more of them. A Light In The Black kind of continues the storyline of this song.

[@doicounttoo6861]

I sometimes wonder how many people actually know "Love is all" from Deep Purple's bassist is sung by Dio.

[@Retrorevelations]

If you haven't yet, check out Rainbow's "Temple of the King". Epic.

[@MaRoach7]

I actually saw Rainbow with Ronn8e James Dio also saw RJD twice as a solo artist and once with Black Sabbath. RIP RONNIE Fun Fact: Dio is the one who gave us the rock 🤘

[@joebumpous5977]

Ronnie James Dio was and will always be the most iconic rock voice ever!! I do wish y'all would do more reactions to his music, he never disappoints.🤘

[@feliperomero8438]

Ladies and gentlemen, the great and only Ritchie Blackmore

[@trentthompson5110]

Powell works the living hell out of his cymbals on this song. Monstrous.

[@vicprovost2561]

Ritchie FN Blackmore! Guitarist extraordinaire with Deep Purple and Rainbow, saw him 4 times in the former and 5 times with Rainbow, he was a beast but with nuance and subtle accents when needed but not many were as powerful as Ritchie, when I saw him in Hartford CT at a large outdoor concert (with Elf and Ronnie James Dio opening and a killer set by Aerosmith) they were loud enough to hear in New Haven and to see a guitar God at work, try You Fool No One from the same tour in 1974 at the California Jam, it is an eye opener and one of the best guitar solos ever. Enjoy! 🎸

[@neillenet291]

Dio is widely considered one of the best vocalists of all time. He took Ozzy's place in Black Sabbath after Ozzy was fired.

[@garyarnett1220]

Let's see Blackmore on guitar, Dio vocals, Powell drums. Really doesn't get better.

[@strettoasino9006]

This is my favorite song... OF ALL TIME!!!!

[@mikenastasi8927]

Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore formed Rainbow with the band Elf which was led by Ronnie James Dio on vocals. It was Elf minus the guitarist from Elf & Ritchie Blackmore on guitar. This is from Rainbow's 2nd album and a whole new line-up except for Dio. Jimmy Bain on bass, Tony Carey on keyboards and Cozy Powell on drums (Jeff Beck Group, Michael Schenker Group, Whitesnake, Emerson Lake & Powell, Black Sabbath, Tipton Entwistle & Powell). Dio joined Black Sabbath after Rainbow, then formed Dio with Rainbow bassist Jimmy Bain, Black Sabbath drummer Vinnie Appice and Vivian Campbell on guitar, who has been with Def Leppard since 1992. Campbell, Bain and Appice would later on form Last In Line after Dio's death, which was named after the 2nd Dio album Last In Line.

[@williamweiss6128]

Young Dio. Crazy good voice. Check out that album On Stage. So good. Still have mine. Just for fun, Gates Of Babylon.

[@chrisantoniou7294]

Watching all these old rockers is admirable and I take my hat off to you two for listening to such a diverse range of music. Music is so vast. However, to obtain your honours degree you have to complete your course and education by a complete understanding of the most creative, complex, detailed and just darn clever band who all these musicians look up to and just say...we cant do what they do. To complete your true understanding of this group i will mention, to understand itvis what it is and you cant deny it I implore you to do a double header that will leave you even more amazed than you already are. Then you will realise you have to accept it and embrace it. Of course it can only be QUEEN! i beg you borh to listen to studio only versions of " Bring back that Leroy Brown" and then " you take my breath away" which is Freddie at his best. I became a member to beg you to react to these two and I wont ask for anymore (think i became a paid member to one of your other channels in error). I know you will enjoy the diversity of these two songs ...you can thank me later people!!

[@PaidforinFull]

The song for me has always conjured visions of the building of the tower of Babel. Then the project comes to an unfulfilled ending and everyone splits up and goes there own separate ways.

[@karenlazenby6440]

That's Ronnie James Dio on vocals, the GOAT and 'Godfather of Metal'.. After Rainbow, he fronted for Black Sabbath, then his solo band 'Dio'. The man's voice was such a GIFT. He could do shit with his voice that was amazing. Chrck out Rainbow, 'Mistreated' LIVE in Munich 1977. Dio should always be enjoyed LIVE.

[@mikeljones4673]

That's Ronnie James Dio on vocals and Richie Blackmore, (former guitarist for Deep Purple), on guitar. With the possible exception of Freddie Mercury and Brian May (of Queen), probably the greatest singer- guitarist combo ever

[@karenlazenby6440]

And that is the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra that comes in near the end of the song.

[@johngriffee8317]

Most powerful song ever with pure emotion. Vocals are simply unbelievable done by a truly hard rock virtuoso.

[@lokihammerfall7781]

RIP Brother... \m/ ... Classical music is Rock & Metal musics' ancestor.!!

[@TheCornishCockney]

Ronnie James at his imperious best on this masterpiece of an album as is every musician,RJD,Ritchie AND Cozy,my God,it just doesn’t get any better. I’d have it in the top 5 rock albums of all time,Blackmore is on two others as well ! Deep Purple nut you see.

[@ponytrekker8996]

Ozzy could only dream of singing like Dio..

[@christhrasher9892]

Cozy Powell had a awesome solo at the beginning in the longer version

[@melk1393]

Blackmore is an iconic guitarist - deep purple fame

[@johnvasilopoulos1503]

Ritchie blackmore guitarist (deep purple) Ronnie James dio vocals(black Sabbath, rainbow etc)

[@homeagent]

Her opinion of 70s hard rock sounds like the lyrics of Long Live RocknRoll. Love it!!!!!

[@mitchgriffin2150]

light in the black is the 2nd part of the story being told in this song.

[@atg323bc]

I think it's pretty cool that they both were really hit hard by the big big sound of Rainbow... this stuff hit in the 1970's as hard rock... testament to great music and a couple of great ears. Cool that you two gave this a listen...

[@mikeg.4211]

Dio is singing this. He went on to replace Ozzy Osbourne as the singer for Black Sabbath. That's what you're probably thinking of.

[@jeffreygreer]

thats the godfather ronnie james dio, performing with ritchie blackmore's rainbow, this song is was labeled "acid rock" or psychadelic rock, this song is fire so is catch the rainbow watch that one live with the big rainbow overhead a master guitarist and vocalist= fire

[@ZakkDimefan66]

The live version is cozy Powell on drums Bob Daisly on bass and of course Richie Blackmore on guitar.. Awesome Ronnie James Dio on vocals.. David Stone on keyboards..

[@jalkabre5904]

Not sure Daisley and Stone ever did a live version of Stargazer. There is a video showing pieces of the 1977 Munich concert, but that with the studio version playing.

[@ZakkDimefan66]

@@jalkabre5904 they did..

[@jalkabre5904]

@@ZakkDimefan66 Would love to see that, any chance of knowing a video of this song with this lineup?

[@kaikenlaistamukavaako5787]

Be the first to broadcast between the oldest known melody (Hurrian Hymn no.6 - c.1400 B.C) and Rainbow - Gates of Babylon and you will notice many similarities. Nobody hasn`t done it yet.

[@TheZepp44]

Saw Dio live seven times, and once with heaven and Hell, What a voice, and what a Line Up, Gentleman of Rock. 🤘😎🎸💀✊ Check out Don’t talk to Strangers, The Sign of the Southern Cross, We Rock , Catch the Rainbow.

[@johntrgovich4717]

I enjoy seeing the reaction on her face on the guitar solo.it tells it all and still after25yrs still diss it to me..

[@danielglenn915]

The word you were looking for is Epic.

[@williamstarr3640]

Excellent. Ritcy Blackmore guitar.

[@Wyrdbard]

I've enjoyed this song for many years. Dio, Blackmore and all the members of Rainbow are legends. A few years back I saw this story on the History channel and I immediately wondered if this was the basis for this song. Just food for thought. I have also included the Wiki link. *Armen Firman is the Latinized name of Abbas Ibn Firnas. "According to some secondary sources, about 20 years before Ibn Firnas attempted to fly he may have witnessed Firman as he wrapped himself in a loose cloak stiffened with wooden struts and jumped from a tower in Córdoba, intending to use the garment as wings on which he could glide. The alleged attempt at flight was unsuccessful, but the garment slowed his fall enough that he only sustained minor injuries." Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_ibn_Firnas